{"id":76003,"date":"2025-12-19T22:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/76003\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T22:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:05:19","slug":"jelly-roll-pardoned-by-tennessee-governor-for-pre-2010-convictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/76003\/","title":{"rendered":"Jelly Roll pardoned by Tennessee governor for pre-2010 convictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday granted a pardon to musician Jelly Roll for robbery and drug convictions dating to before 2010, following a yearlong review of the artist\u2019s application, the Associated Press<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

The pardon provides formal clemency to the 41-year-old singer, whose real name is Jason DeFord, and will make it easier for him to travel internationally for concert tours.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis story is remarkable. It\u2019s a redemptive, powerful story, which is what you look for and what you hope for,\u201d Lee told reporters during a meeting at his home. <\/p>\n

The governor cited the musician\u2019s success in the music industry as well as his advocacy for giving people second chances.<\/p>\n

The Tennessee Board of Parole unanimously recommended Jelly Roll for a pardon in April, the report said. <\/p>\n

A Nashville native, Jelly Roll has been open about his criminal history, which includes his first arrest at age 14 and more than 40 jail stints on drug-related charges before he pursued a career in music.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, when addressing the parole board, Jelly Roll described what the pardon would mean to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be an inspiration for people who are now where I used to be \u2014 to let them know that change is truly possible,\u201d he said. \u201cOne of the reasons I\u2019m asking for your recommendation for this pardon is because I\u2019m looking to take my message of redemption, through the power of music and faith, to the rest of the world. \u2026 I\u2019ll still be using this same pardon, God willing, to do missionary work in my 50s and 60s.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday granted a pardon to musician Jelly Roll for robbery and drug convictions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[38202,9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-76003","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-acma","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-staten-island","13":"tag-staten-island-headlines","14":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}